TFW2005 Article: Five Toys I Can't Put Down + TFW2005 Member Poll Results

Discussion in 'Transformers General Discussion' started by An Army of Bees, Aug 26, 2014.

  1. brr-icy

    brr-icy MP Collector

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    no idea, i only brought him out of my basement to take pics for an article, it's on oversized titanium figure/statue
     
  2. Booster Gold

    Booster Gold Superhero?

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    I really didn't like the classics mould when it came out, it was too different to G1 and the deco and arm kibble put me off. However the Henkei deco was much better in my opinion and convinced me to get one. It's a great toy, with the pick up and play factor that I love in main line figures. MP's are wonderful collectors toys but the price, size and in some cases fragility makes them difficult to play with. The classics mould is robust, a good size, has a simple but clever transformation, in many ways it's the perfect all ages toy.
     
  3. JasonPrime

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    I really agree with this. A lot of times the masterpiece toys I've found just are not fun to play with and feel like I'm handling a Yamato Valk toy as far as fragility (not a good thing). There are exceptions like both versions of Op (in my opinion), Grimlock, and to my delight Prowl.

    The thing about us Transformers fans and collectors, for me and I get the impression this is the way with a lot of other adult TF collectors too, is, unlike a lot of other adult collectors of other toys and/or models, we actually do like to pull our toys off the shelf sometimes and play with them. So they need to be able to handle that. I've realized I generally prefer the mainline toys that don't scare me to death that I might break an expensive toy, and often they still have some really cool features and stuff.

    And as an adult fan who loved Transformers as a child you just can't beat the feeling of getting down on the floor and playing Transformers with your kids. Who would have thought when we were the same age 30 years ago that our own kids would be able to play with updated renditions of the same characters 3 decades later? It's just amazing.